Crib attachment for bedsteads.



No. 817,542. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. H. T. BEALL & I. V. GUY. CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BBDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED 13160.30, 1905.

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HARRY T. BEALL AND ISAIAH V. GUY, OF FORT THOMAS, KENTUCKY;

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed December 30, 1905. Serial No. 293,909.

To ctZZ whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARRY T. BEALL and ISAIAH V. GUY, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Fort Thomas, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crib Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in, crib attachments for bedsteads, such as are especially designed and adapted to be compacted or folded up and housed beneath the main bedstead when not required for use and to be extended beyond the bedstead at the side thereof when set up for use so as to accommodate children; and the object of the invention is to provide a device or attachment of this general character of a simple and inexpensive nature and of a compact, strong, and durable construction which shall permit of being securely attached to the main bedstead in connection with which it is used and shall at the same time be adapted for ready and convenient manipulation in folding or compacting or in unfolding and extending the device in use.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improved crib attachment whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view showing a bedstead of an ordinary well-known construction having a crib attachment constructed according to our invention applied thereto and extended beyond the side of the bedstead in position for use, the folding side and end rails of the attachment being, however, folded over inwardly. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken transversely through the bedstead, showing the improved crib attachment in end elevation as extended beyond the side rail of the bedstead and set up in position for use. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view somewhat similar to Fig. 2, but showing the improved crib attachment in folded and compacted position and housed beneath the bedstead. Fig.

'ets or hangers, which have upper hook-like portions adapted for engagement over the upper sides of the side rails 2 of the bedstead and lower horizontal inwardly extended members 4, the extremities of which are upturned, as seen at 5, and are perforated for the passage of rails or bars 6, extended transversely across the bedstead 1. The formation of the hangers 3 3 is such that these rails or bars 6 6 are horizontally supported in a plane below the side rails 2 of the main bedstead, so as to be altogether out of the way of the spring and mattress upon the bedstead 1. 1

7 represents the improved crib attachment as a whole, and this comprises a rectangular bed-frame 8, covered over with a sheet of woven-wire fabric or the like for the support of the bedclothing and of proportions suited to the size of the child for which the attachment is to be used. As herein shown, said rectangular frame 8 of the attachment has along its outer side and at its ends series of uprights or posts 9 9, the upper ends of which form pivots, as shown at 10, wherein are pivotally held slatted side and end frames or rails 11 and 12, respectively, which when the attachment is extended beyond the side of the main bedstead and set up for use are adapted to be raised, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, so as to extend above the bedding supported on the bed-frame 8 to protect the child lying on the attachment from falling off the same. When the attachment is to be compacted or folded up, said side and end frames or rails 11 and 1 2 are adapted to be folded over inwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, resting upon the bed-frame 8 or upon the clothin thereon. 13 represents downwardly-exten ed hook-like projections carried on said side and end rails or frames 11 and 12 and designed for engagement upon the outer faces of the uprights 9 when said side and end frames or rails are in raised po- IIO sition, and 14 represents rings adapted to be slipped upward upon the adjacent members of the side and end rails 11 and 12 at the corners of the structure for holding said side and end rails or frames in position when elevated.

The bed-frame 8 of the improved attachment has a side rail or frame 1 1 only along its outer side, the opposite side of said frame 8 being designed to fit flush against the adjacent side rail 2 of the main. bedstead, so as to form substantially an extension of the bed, whereon the child may lie, and said side of the bed-frame 8 which is adjacent to the main bedstead when the attachment is unfolded and set up in position for use is provided with hook-like projections 15 15, suitably attached upon it in position to be engaged over the side rail 2 of the main bedstead, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for the secure attachment of the bed-frame 8 to the said side rail 2 of the main bed.

the improved crib attachment when the same is extended beyond the side of the main bed in position for use I provide beneath said bed-frame 8 certain bracing means comprising diagonal or downwardly-inclined braces 17 17, arranged beneath opposite endsof said bed-frame 8, with outer ends pivotally secured, as shown at 16, upon the outer edge portions of said bed-frame, said braces 17 being inclined downwardly from their points of attachment toward. and beneath the bed stead 1 and having upturned inner ends 18, which are slotted, as shown in the detail view Fig. 6, to receive bolts or screws 19, by means of which said upturned ends 18 of the braces are adjustably connected with end members 20, having forks between which grooved rollers 21 are held to turn, the construction being such that said rollers are adapted to rest and travel upon the transversely-extended rails or bars 6 6, which, as above described, are supported by hangers 3 3 at their ends from the side rails 2 2 in a plane below the bedding on the main bedstead 1. The supporting means for the bed-frame 8 of the im proved crib attachment further comprises diagonal braces 22, reversely inclined with relation'to the diagonal braces 17 17 and also arranged at opposite ends of the bed frame 8, with upper ends provided with pins or studs 23, adapted to travel along slotted guideways 24, produced in the ends of the bedframe 8, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The reversely-inclined braces 22 are also pivotally connected at their intermediate central portions, as shown-at 25, with the first-named inclined braces 17, so as to move in unison therewith, and the lower ends of said inclined braces 22 are connected and tied together by a strip or connection 26, extended lengthwise of the bed-frame and provided at suitable points with casters 27 27, designed for engagement on the floor when the crib attachment is set up for use, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, so as to effectively support the outer part of the bed-frame 8 when its inner ed e is supported by hooks 15 upon the side ra1l 2 of the main bedstead.

l/vhen it is desired to fold or compact the crib attachment, it is only necessary to disconnect the hooks 15 from the side rail 2 of the main bedstead, whereupon the outer ends of the main braces 17 17 are free to fall, lowering the bedframe 8 below the level of the bedding upon the main bedstead. The side and end rails 11 and 12 of the bed-frame 8 being now thrown over pivotally inward, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, the structure is sufficiently compacted to permit of being pushed beneath the main bedstead to the position shown in Fig. 3, so as to be completely housed. and hidden beneath the same. Since the casters 27 27 upon the tie or connection 26 between the auxiliary braces 22 22 will rest upon the floor even when the bed-frame 8 is disconnected from the side rail 2 of the main bedstead, it is evident that the rolling or sliding of the attachment beneath the bedstead is thus facilitated by the rolling of said casters over the floor or floor-covering, and such sliding of the attachment beneath the bedstead 1 is further facilitated by the rolling of the wheels or rollers 21 21 upon the rails or bars 6 6, as above described. This same advantage is afforded by these parts also in unfolding the attachment and extending the same from beneath the bedstead 1 in position for use.

When the attachment has been folded and pushed beneath the bedstead 1, it is altogether out of the way and does not occupy any space at the bed side and is at the same time readily available whenever required for use, and in order that the attachment may not interfere with free movement of the bedstead 1 about the room when the attachment is in folded position beneath the main bed we provide the outer part of the connection or tie 26 at its central part with a hook 28, which may be engaged with the side rail 2 of the main bedstead or with any other suitable part for supporting the attachment with its casters 27 and all other parts out of contact with the floor or floor-covering. This hook when employed. may be readily disconnected when the attachment is required for use.

From the above description of our improvements it will be evident that the improved crib attachment constructed accord ing to our invention is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for use by reason of its simplicity and strength and also by reason of the ease with which it may be folded and unfolded and stored beneath the main bedstead when. not required for'use and of the strength and solidity of the structure afforded when the IIO attachment is set up in position for use, and it will also be obvious from the above description that the device is susceptible of considerable modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason we do not desire to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the attachment as herein set forth in carrying out our invention in practice.

WVe claim 1. A crib attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a bed-frame adapted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable engagement with the side rail of the bedstead for supporting the bed-frame thereon and supporting means comprising parts connected with the bed-frame and having upturned ends located beneath the bedstead and devices adapted to be carried by the bedstead and with which the upturned ends of said parts are adapted for sliding engagement.

2. A crib attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a bed-frame adapted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable connection with the side rail of the bedstead for supporting the bed-frame thereon and supporting means comprising parts connected with the bed-frame and having upturned ends beneath the bedstead and provided with rollers and devices adapted to be carried by the bedstead and with which the rollers on the upturned ends of said parts have engagement.

3. Acrib attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a bed-frame adapted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable engagement with the side rail of the bedstead for supporting the bed-frame thereon and supporting means comprising parts connected with the bed-frame with upturned ends beneath the bedstead and provided with rollers and bars adapted to be carried on the bedstead and with which the rollers on the upturned ends of said parts are adapted for rolling contact.

4. A crib attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising bars adapted to be extended trr nsversely of the bedstead, hangers having hook-like parts for engagement with the side rails of the bedsteads and having lower ends adapted for connection with the bars for supporting the same, a bed frame adapted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable engagement with the side rail of the bedstead for supporting the bed-frame thereon and parts connected with the bedframe with upturned ends beneath the bedstead and provided with rollers engaged for rolling contact with said transversely-extended bars.

5. A crib attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a bed-frame adapted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable engagement with the side rail of the bedstead to sup ort the bed-frame thereon, parts connecte with the bed-frame and extended beneath the bedstead, devices adapted to be carried by the bedstead-and along which said parts are adapted for movement and auxiliary parts having pivotal connection with the bedframe and connected with the first-named parts to move in unison therewith and provided with casters for engagement on the floor.

6. A crib attachment comprising a bedframe ada ted to support bedding and provided with devices for detachable engagement with the side rail of a bedstead, parts connected with the bed-frame and having upturned ends beneath the bedstead, rails extended beneath the bedstead and with which the upturned ends of said parts have engagement for longitudinal movement, auxiliary braces having slotted connection with the ends of the bed-frame and having, at their central parts, pivotal connection with said parts for movement in unison therewith, a tie extended between the lower ends of the auxiliary braces and casters carried on said tie for engagement on the floor.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 21st day of December, 1905.

HARRY T. BEALL. ISAIAH V. GUY. Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JoNEs, WILLIAM SoHUcHARDT, 

